Mignon.

The young Italian girl who fell in love with Wilhelm Meister’s apprentice, her protector. Her love not being returned, she became insane and died. (Goethe: Wilhelm Meister.)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Midnight Oil
Midrashim (sing. Midrash)
Midsummer Ale
Midsummer Madness
Midsummer Men
Midsummer-Moon Madness
Midsummer Night’s Dream
Midwife (Anglo-Saxon, mid, with; wif, woman)
Miggs (Miss)
Mignon
Mikado (Japan, mi, exalted; kado, gate)
Mike
Milan Decree (The)
Milan Steel
Milanese
Mildendo
Mildew
Milesian Fables
Milesian Story or Tale (A)
Milesians (The)

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